Google reviews

- Don't work in a small office (< 200 engineers) if you can help it. You will feel disconnected. Culture and connections are Silicon Valley centric. - Many great projects are worked in, many get cancelled for opaque reasons, which can be tough if you are on the team. - It is a big company, even though everyone is smart and trying to do the right thing, there are still big company politics and the feeling of being a small cog in a very big wheel. - Management tries to be transparent, but sometimes when they can't or don't want to, it blows up in their face. - Mountain View employee culture is one of entitlement. In particular, I recall that when a new cafe opened up (the 19th one or so on campus) but was reserved for a group working on a confidential project, that there was open complaining about "its not fair, why don't we get to go to that cafe?"

The place is a mad house. There are so many people every where. It takes forever to go anywhere and the elevators are paced during lunch hours. Most of the people are walking around in jeans and t-shirts with head phones on. If you like that than you like Google.